Jim Hepburn

Wow, thanks for all the great advice. I got my local specialist to come round and do a proper survey and report all with indemnity insurance. With that I should be able to come to a final decision. Thanks for all you help, but keep the advice coming. Jim

Hello, I’m after a bit of advice. In my parents garden we have two good sized Oaks, not veteran but about 2.5m DBH. They are lovely trees but one of them had has had a good bracket 20" of Inonotus dryadeus for about 2 years. The obvious option is to take it down as its never going to get better but is beyond my realm with the kit i have and have booked in a local company to do the work. However now it's going to be taken down I’m wondering if there is anything else to do as i will be really sad to see it go. If it is left and decided to fall by its self it will take out the garages and workshop, but how long may that be? I know there isn’t a real answer but the crown still looked good last year and wasn’t showing any signs of the root system being under attack. Would it survive if it was taken back to the first limbs from the bowl? Will it spread to the other oaks? Although infection has only shown in the last 2 years does it still have many years left? If we realise what it is and dont take it down completely will the insurance not pay out should there be any future danage form the tree? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.